Posted on 03/26/2011 9:12:56 AM PDT by library user
Gerry Ferraro dead at 75, per statement from her family.
RIP!
Yes, she “mellowed” in the sense that she had accomplished nearly all of her political goals through the expansion and stability of international socialism within the United States. She was a true-believer in having “Peter pay Paul.”
She was not just “for” abortion but a true believer in “population control”. She thought the whole country was as overflowing as Queens. Most NY think like she did even if they mostly rejected her candidacies. She still accomplished what she set out to do in politics.
RIP. A Rat is a Rat is a Rat.
Too much RIPpin’ of a RAT!
R.I.P., Geraldine. Much respect for your gusto. You weren’t a liberal whacko. Thank you.
Amen
Which campaign might that be? Geraldine's? Or Sarah's? Or some third?
When she was nominated, my Italian family was proud, though we were conservative and would crawl over broken glass to vote for Reagan. And yes, her pro-choice views startled us Catholics.
That said, she was one of those democrats that you could disagree with, without it resulting in WAR, as with this current crop of Dems.
I sure miss that brand of Democrat.
I certainly didn’t agree with her politics, but she was always a classy, very classy, lady! RIP!
I remember one appearance on FOX when she looked very feeble. The few times I saw her after that, it was obvious she was not healthy in spite of the lighting and makeup.
She kept going until the end. She took few hard hits from the left for during the last Presidential Campaign. As always, she stuck to her guns, and was consistent in her political beliefs.
May she rest in peace.
cant say I agreed with her on anything but she was NOT evil(like, oh lets say, the current admin.).
RIP Geraldine...
Thank you for your kind words. Yes, with prayer, all things are possible.
Never agreed with her politics, but somehow I found myself liking her. She seemed to be a decent person.
RIP, Ms. Ferraro
Pt being, he would receive emails/letters from Ms. Ferraro as she suffered from the same blood disease as his mom.. in his mom's last days, she volunteered to be the guinea pig for the well known drug Thalidomide, in pill form, which was immediately after used on Ferraro to keep her alive for 10 plus years.
My cousin said he picked the medication up at the airport as was flown in; and delivered it to the Brunswick, Maine hospital oncology unit where his mom's last days were. His mom said to him when he got to the hospital "What do I do now". My cousin said: "you just take the pill". She wanted to save other women was an activist in her own right, he said. She then responded in jest: "I guess I do not have to worry about getting pregnant". She died a few days later. He said the drug made her "perky" as so he described. The drug they knew would not help his mom..but if this one test showed promise it could allow countless others to live longer lives. I am sure it was tweaked over time. Ferraro would continue to write my cuz and thank him for what his mom had done in testing the treatment. He told me he never really thought of her as a Democrat [he being an R], as some will always focus on here, which I can see from reading; but a woman with cancer whom he got to know through their shared correspondence on her disease.
Ferraro died from pneumonia. I am sure Ms. Ferraro also continued the fight my cousin's mom first crusaded in her initial test to extend the lives of countless others.
I never knew all this til today.
You will be greatly missed Ms. Ferraro. You will now get to meet the woman who gave you a much hoped for longer life.
Rest In Peace..
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